,065 views Jun 9, 2026 #Cybersecurity #Hacking #Malware How To Check If Your PC Is Hacked (Like A Pro) How do you know if you've been hacked? Your antivirus won't tell you. In this video, I'll walk you through exactly how to scan your own Windows machine using three free Microsoft tools that real incident responders use on every investigation — TCPView, Process Explorer, and Autoruns. Ten minutes, no skills required, and by the end you'll know whether something on your computer is talking to the internet, what it actually is, and how to remove it permanently. ▼ JOIN THE HACKER ACADEMY This video covered the defensive side — how to detect what's on your machine. If you want the offensive side, how attackers actually break in and the tools they use, that's what I teach inside The Hacker Academy. You'll learn to build your own AI Hacking Agent, plus the pro cheatsheets, the OSINT Field Manual, the privilege escalation playbook, and a community of practitioners walking the same path. 👉 https://bit.ly/The-Hacker-Academy ▼ THE THREE-STEP HACKING DETECTION PLAYBOOK First, Let's See What's Calling Home — TCPView Walkthrough You Spotted Something Weird. Now Let's See What It Really Is — Process Explorer with VirusTotal You Found It. You Identified It. Now Let's Make Sure It Can Never Come Back — Autoruns and Persistence The Three-Step Playbook — The Real Incident Responder Workflow ▼ TOOLS COVERED TCPView — see every network connection your computer is making, live Process Explorer — Task Manager on steroids, with VirusTotal integration to scan every running program against 70+ antivirus engines Autoruns — find every place malware can hide to auto-start after a reboot, with the same VirusTotal integration applied to startup entries ▼ WHAT YOU'LL LEARN How to spot malware impersonating real Windows programs (svchost.exe vs svhost.exe). The exact red flags in TCPView, Process Explorer, and Autoruns. How to use VirusTotal integration to scan every running program and every startup entry against 70+ antivirus engines worldwide. Why you should suspend a malicious process instead of killing it. The exact file locations malware hides in (AppData, Temp, ProgramData, Downloads). How to spot malicious scheduled tasks. When to clean up versus when to reinstall Windows. And the exact order professional incident responders use these tools in real investigations. ▼ FREE TOOLS MENTIONED (ALL MICROSOFT, ALL FREE) Sysinternals Suite — the full toolkit ( https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sys...) TCPView — network connection monitor ( https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sys...) Process Explorer — advanced task manager ( https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sys...) Autoruns — startup entry analyzer ( https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sys...) DISCLAIMER This video is for educational purposes and protecting your own systems. Never use these techniques on a computer you don't own or have permission to investigate. All tools shown are free, Microsoft-signed, and available from the official Microsoft Sysinternals page. ▼ FOLLOW PRIVACY MATTERS YouTube: @PrivacyMatters517 The Hacker Academy: https://bit.ly/The-Hacker-Academy #Cybersecurity #Hacking #Malware #IncidentResponse #Sysinternals #ProcessExplorer #TCPView #Autoruns #VirusTotal #Windows #InfoSec #PrivacyMatters